While I have every sympathy in the plight of Kate and Gerry McCann regarding their missing daughter, and empathise with their invitation to your home on International Missing Children's Day, 25 May 2012, I would like to respectfully pose the following question:Is it considered ethical for the leader of the British Government to invite the parents of a missing child to 10 Downing Street, when their child is only missing as a result of their neglect, in that they left all three of their children unattended while out drinking and dining with friends--something which they themselves have confessed to? Indeed, may this not be interpreted in some circles as your condoning of this neglect?Yours respectfully,David Bret

Thank you for posting that, Appalled. However, may I remind members, if they wish to comment, that any posts that are in any way nasty or obscene, or that make accusations of things that cannot be substantiated, or propose threats of any nature will be removed.

coco wrote:itll go in the bin with the rest of the gibbers he gets from nutters .

It gets sifted by the office staff, then passed up the line until his personal secretary sees it and it is he/she who decides whether the PM needs to read it. Most crank letters don't get more than 2 steps up the ladder; a few are passed to government departments for reply. Ones that are obviously from crackpots may get a brief one line reply or just binned, as you say, coco.